Garment



July 20, 1965 M. Kops, JR Y GARMENT Filed Aug. '7,

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INVENTOR Max Kops, Jr,

ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,195,542 GARMENT Max Kops, Jr., NewYork, N.Y., assignor to Kops Brothers, Inc., New York, N.Y., acorporation of New York Filed Aug. 7, 1963, Ser. No. 300,522 4 Claims.(Cl. 12S-546) The present invention relates to a garment and moreparticularly to a garment having exceptional abdominal control.

A basic and perhaps most important function of the girdle, corselette,and the like, is to ensure dependable abdominal control. Such controlmust be achieved unobtrusively and without sacrificing the comfort ofthe garment. Further, such control should be expected to last throughoutthe life of the entire garment.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide agarment which will meet the foregoing requirements.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an abdominalpanel which may be incorporated into various garment designs.

Additional objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent from the following description and drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a garment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a back view of the garment of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view of another embodiment of the presentinvention.

Referring now to the drawing in FIGS. 1 and 2 the present invention isshown applied to a regular, or open, girdle. An abdominal panel extendsfrom the waistline 12 to the crotch 14 tof the girdle. The abdominalpanel 10 widens out at its central portion. A side panel |16 isconnected along its inner edge 18 at each Vside of the abdominal panel10. At the rear of the garment, a back panel 20 connects the two sidepanels 16. The back panel may have a separate top section 21 if desired.

The abdominal panel 10 is divided into two substantially identicalhalf-sections 22 which meet along a generally ventical centerline 24.Each half-section 22 has a plurality of diagonal tucks 26 which meet thediagonal tucks 26 of the other half-section in a V-shape. Preferably theabdominal panel 10 has two layers, an outer layer 28 and an inner layer30. While the top half-sections have diagonal tucks 26 which meet in aV-shape, the inner half-sections have a second plurality of diagonaltucks 32 which meet in an inverted V-shape. As shown in the drawing, theapices of each pair of Vs meet together to form contiguous diamondshapes extending over the vertical centerline 24.

The side panels 16 and the back ypanel 2t) may be made of two-way orone-way stretch materials as shown. The abdominal panel 10 however, ismade of a firm nonstretch material in which the particular diagonaltucking described provides exceptional abdominal control. Indeed, theabdominal panel may be benecally incorporated in a diversity of girdledesigns to improve their abdominal control.

It has been found that a superior construction is obtained when theabdominal panel is used in conjuction with side panels which have adouble-layer portion 34 of the stretch material of which the side panelis composed. The double-layer portion 34 is of generally triangularshape with its base 36 extending over approximately two-thirds of thecentral portion of the side panel at its inner edge 18. The side edges38 of the triangle extend diagonally toward each other to terminate atthe sides of the garment. It will be noted that the base 36 of thetriangle extends from the uppermost outer tuck 3,195,542 Patented July20, 1965 26 to the lowermost inner tuck 32 in order to increase thepressure in the abdominal area.

The present invention is also illustrated in FIG. 3 where it is show-nas a panty girdle. Here, too the abdominal panel 40, substantinally asdescribed in the previous embodiment, extends from the waistline 42 tothe crotch 44 and widens out at its central portion. The same firm,dependable control is obtained with this panty girdle as with the'regular girdle of FIGS. l and 2.

It has thus been shown that the present invention provides a garment,such as a girdle or the like, having extra support and control over theabdominal area. The construction utilizes a nonstretch material andshapes it permanently by a series of purposefully designed, stitchedtucks for a control which will last throughout the life of the garment.

While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown anddescribed in detail to illustrate the application of the invention, itwill be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise withoutdeparting from such principles.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment having an abdominal panel with an outer layer and an innerlayer of material, each of the outer layer and the inner layer lof saidabdominal panel having two substantially identical half-sections meetingalong a generally vertical centerline, each half-section of the outerlayer having a plurality of the diagonal tucks, said tucks meeting ineach half-section of the outer layer in a V-shape, each half-section ofthe inner layer having a second plurality of diagonal tucks, said tucksmeeting in each half-section of the inner layer in an inverted V- shape,the tucks of each layer being `similarly spaced and angled and arrangedso that the apices of the tucks in the outer layer and the apices `oflthe tucks in the inner layer meet together -to form contiguous `diamondshapes.

2. A garment having an abdominal panel with an outer layer and an innerlayer of nonstretch material extending from approximately the waistlineto the crotch, each of the outer layer and the inner layer of saidabdominal panel being divided into two substantially identicalhalfisections meeting along a generally vertical centerline, eachhalf-section -of the outer layer having a plurality of diagonal tucks,said tucks meeting in each half-section of the outer layer in aV-s-hape, each half-section of the inner layer having ka secondplurality of diagonal tucks, said tucks meeting in each half-section ofthe inner layer in an inverted V-shape, the tucks of each layer beingsimilarly spaced and angled and arranged so that the apices :of thetucks in the outer layer and the apices of the tucks in the inner layermeet together to form contiguous diamond shapes.

3. A garment having an abdominal panel with an outer layer and an innerlayer of nonstretch material extending from approximately the waistlineto the crotch and a side panel connected along its inner edge at eachside of said abdominal panel, each of said side panels being made -of astretch material and having a double-layer portion of generallytriangular shape, said triangle having a base which extends overapproximately two-thirds of the central portion of the side panel at itsinner edge and side edges which extend diagonally toward each other toterminate at the sides of the garment, each of the outer layer and theinner layer of said abdominal panel being divided into two substantiallyidentical half-sections meeting along a generally vertical centerline,each half-section of the outer layer having a plurality `of diagonaltucks, said tucks meeting in each half-section of the outer layer in aV-shape, each half-section of the inner layer having a ysecond pluralityof diagonal tucks, said tucks meeting in each half-section of the innerlayer in an inverted V-shape, the tucks of each layer being similarlyspaced and-angled and arranged so that the apices of the'tucks i Y inthe outer layer .andthe `apices of the tucks in the inner layer meettogether to form contiguous diam-ond shapes. 4. A garment lhaving an`abdominal panel with an outer layerand an' i'nne'r layer of nonstretch`material extending lfrom approximately the Waistline tothe crotch',

each of the outer layer andthe inner layer of said abdominal panel beingdivided into` -two substantially Yidentical half-sections meeting alongVa generallyfvertical centeril line, each half-section of the outerlayer having a plurality of diagonal tucks,fhavin'g" an uppermost .and alowermost tuck, said tucks meeting in each Y'half-"section [of the outerlayer ina V-shape, eachhalf-section 'of' the inner layer having 'asecond pluralityy of diagonal tucks; saidrtucks meeting in'eachhalf-section Vof the inner layer in any in;-

verted V-shape, the tucks of each layer being similarly vpanels beingmadefof a stretch material and having a double-layer portion vofgenerally triangular shape, said spaced and angled and arranged sorthatthe iapic'es loi the Y tucks inthe outer layerand the apices iof thetucks in the inner layer meet together to form contiguous diamondshapes, and a side panel connected along itsinner edge at each side Tofsaid abdominal panel, each of said side triangle having a basepositioned along the line of conf nection tothe abdominal panelA andwhich extends from the uppermost tuck to the lowerrnost tuck overapproximately two-thirds of the centi-al portion of the side panel atits inner edge and'sideedges which extend away from 'the abdominal panelYand diagonally toward eachother to terminate'at thesides of thegarment.`

l y FORErGN PATENTS 760,174 10/56 GreatBritafmj y lADELEM.EAGERgQPrim'ary Examin. i DELEERT B. LOWE, Examiner" 1

1. A GARMENT HAVING AN ABDOMINAL PANEL WITH AN OUTER LAYER AND AN INNERLAYER OF MATERIAL, EACH OF THE OUTER LAYER AND THE INNER LAYER OF SAIDABDOMINAL PANEL HAVING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL HALF-SECTIONS MEETINGALONG A GENERALLY VERTICAL CENTERLINE, EACH HALF-SECTION OF THE OUTERLAYER HAVING A PLURALITY OF THE DIAGONAL TUCKS, SAID TUCKS MEETING INEACH HALF-SECTION OF THE OUTER LAYER IN A V-SHAPE, EACH HALF-SECTION OFTHE INNER LAYER HAVING A SECOND PLURALITY OF DIAGONAL TUCKS, SAID TUCKSMEETING IN EACH HALF-SECTION OF THE INNER LAYER IN AN INVERTED VSHAPE,THE TUCKS OF EACH LAYER BEING SIMILARLY SPACED AND ANGLED AND ARRANGEDSO THAT THE APICES OF THE TUCKS IN THE OUTER LAYER AND THE APICES OF THETUCKS IN THE INNER LAYER MEET TOGETHER TO FORM CONTIGUOUS DIAMONDSHAPES.